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THE CALENDAR FOR 1895

SEPTEMBER-30 DAYS

SUNRISE

SUNSET

HONGKONG TEMPERATURE

3rd 15th

.5h. 45m. 6h. 14m.

1893

1894

...5h. 48m.

6h. 02m.

Maximum Minimum

..92

93

...70

75

Full Moon

MOON'S PHASES

Last Quarter 12 New Moon First Quarter 26

APOGEE, 4 days, PERIGEE, 18 days,

DAYS OF DAYS OF 7 and 8

WEER

d. h. ni.

sec.

4 1

31

43

P.M.

BAROMETER, 1894

0

26

49

P.M.

Mean......

..29.79

19

4

31 44

A.M.

58 47 A.M.

6 hours, A.M. 3 hours, P.M.

1893 15.03 inches

RAINFALL

1894 19.11 inches

MONTH

MOONS

Sun.

1

13

Mon.

ลง

14

CHRONOLOGY OF REMARKABLE EVENTS

12TII AFTER TRINITY. Ma, Viceroy of Nanking, died of the wounds inflicted by an assassin,

1870. Foundation stone of Gap Rock lighthouse, near Hongkong, laid, 1890.

Arrival of the "Vega" at Yokohama, after having discovered the North-East Passage,

1879. Serious anti-foreign riot at Ichang, 1891.

Tues.

3

15

Hongkong plague proclamation revoked, 1894.

Wed. 4

16

Thur. 5

17

Frid. 6

18

Sat.

Sun.

8

20

Mon. Tues. 10

9

*272

19

22

Wed. 11

23

Attack on the forts at Shimonoseki, Japan, by the allied fleets under Admiral Kuper, 1884. H.M.S. "Zephyr" fired on by Chinese in Kimpai Pass, 1884. Death of Tso Tsung-tang at Foochow, 1885.

H.R.H. Prince Alfred received by the Mikado of Japan, 1869.

Attack on Dr. Greig, near Kirin, by soldiers, 1891.

13TH AFTER TRINITY. Great typhoon in Hongkong, 1867.

21 Sir Hercules Robinson assumed the government of Hongkong, 1850.

Riot by Chinese mob at Canton; great destruction of houses and property on Shameen, 1883. British gunboat "Wasp" left Singapore for Hongkong and seen no more, 1887.

Public meeting of foreign residents at Yokohama to protest against proposed new

Treaty with Japan, 1890,

Thur.

12

Frid.

13

Sat.

14

2 3 10

24

25

26

Sun. 15

27

Mon. 16

28

Tues. 17

29

Wed. 18

30

Convention signed at Chefoo by Sir Thomas Wade and Li Hung-chang, 1876.

Public Meeting in Hongkong, with reference to the blockade of the port by the Chinese

Customs' cruisers, 1874, Severe typhoon in Southern Japan, 1891.

K

14TH AFTER TRINITY. Chinese transport Waylee" driven ashore on Pescadores; upwards

of 370 lives lost, 1887. l'ingyang captured by the Japanese, 1894. New Convention between Germany and China ratified at Peking, 1881.

The battle of the Yalu, in which the Chinese were defeated by the Japanese, losing five

vessels, 1894.

Destruction by fire of the Temple of Heaven, Peking, 1889. Loss in Ki Channel, near

Kobe, of the Turkish frigate "Ertogrul," with 567 lives, 1890.

Thur. 19

1

Frid.

20

Sat.

21

Sun. 22

2 2 2

2

3

Mon.

23

Tues.

24

LO CO

6

Wed. 25

7

5

15TII APTER TRINITY. Typhoon at Swatow, 1891.

Am. brig “Lubra" taken by pirates, 1866. Terrifle typhoon in Hongkong and Macao

many thousands of lives lost, 1974.

H.M.S.

16

"Rattler" lost off Japan, 1868. Piratical attack on the German barque ‘Apenrade,” near Macao, 1869.” The Satsuma rebels in Japan routed with great slaughter, their leader, Saigo, killed, and the insurrection suppressed, 1877.

Daring attack upon a Chinese shop in Wing Lok street, Hongkong, by armed robbers,

1878.

Thur. 26

8

Sat.

Frid. 27

28

9

Lord Napier arrived at Macao dangerously ill, 1834. Commissioner Lin degraded, 1840.

10

Yellow River burst its banks in Honan; calamitous inundation, 1887. Death of Hon. F.

Stewart, Colonial Secretary, at Hongkong, 1889.

Sun. 29

11

16TH AFTER TRINITY. Michaelmas Day. Hurricane at Manila, causing immense damage

to shipping, 1885.

Mon.

30

12

All the Eogue forts destroyed by the British fleet, 1841.